The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-08
A DULL WEEK.
Many Charlestonians Seeking Pleasure
at Summer Resorts.

nataily NHdTleSCOnlaQS seeking Fl6dSur6
at Summer Resorts.
CHARLESTON, Aug. $50 many Charles
ton people have gone to the mountains, to
the springs and to the North, and so many
more to the Farmers Encampment at Spar
eanburg, that the week has been unusually
dull here. The stay at homes have had
nothing tc do but to discuss the proposed
October gala week, the Edgefield trial, and
the colored Baptist church war, with semi
occasional fillupS in the way of
open air concerts on the Battery and
! on the lake. ApropoS of the lake, old
CharlestOnianS resident on will scarcely
know that the "laken was once the Rutledge
street pond, which was for many years an
eye sore and u stencil in the nostris of the
community. 1t has been converted now
into one of the most delightful of afternoon
resorts. The pond has been dredged, and is
flooded always by means of flood gates.
The old mud and oyster shell banks have
been replaced with walls and embankments
! of concrete, and the old weed-grown green
has given way TO an embankment and lawn,
with comfortable seats and shade trees The
lake and lawn are lighted by electric lights,
and fleet of small boats constantly dot the
surface of the lake. Its old friends would
scarcely recognize the "pond' or the new
Lake, terrace and lawn"
WHEN CoLoRED CHURCH MEMBER IS
HAPPY.
The colored church member of Charleston
is never happy unless he Is engaged in law
| suit. The African Methodists have had
their squabble which resulted in a secession
and the formation of an Independent Re-
form church, which, by the way, has now
| a very large membership. The Bap-
tist brethren are now engaged in war in
comparison to which the famous Bethel
church war, or the slaughter of the Hugue-
| nots, are not to be considered. The fight
| has been going on for some time, and
through various stages of the civil and
criminal courts. The parSon, Rev. j. G..
Butler, and his supporters constitute one
| faction and the stewards and their sup
pOrters the other. In April last the church
| building on Morris street was burned. The
war was under fair progress at the
time. The church was insured for 81 900
and the fight was then directed to securing
the insurance money, both factions claim
| ing it Each faction charged the other
with setting fire TO the edifice. The Stew
| ard faction yesterday secured magnificent
| victory. They swore out an affidavit charg
| ing Parson Butler and three of his staunch-
est allies with setting fire to the, church,
made out pTinld fdcie showing, and the
parson and his cabinet have been
| unbailable Offense. Both sides
are represented by able counsel however
and the end is not yet To-day the leading
| lights of the steward faction were arrested
on charge of perjury At this rate the
whole congregation will soon be in jail. The
only difficulty about the matter is that
| Charleston at present has no Jail, and there
will be some difficulty in providing for the
prisoners. The temporary stockade, which
has been doing duty for a Jail since the
earthquake, is barely large enough to hold
| the everyday criminals One of the coun-
sci in the case facetiously suggests that the
waged, be used for the purpose of building
a temporary Jail to accommodate the Bap-
tist brethren of Cavalry church.